Chennai,   PMK youth wing leader and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to close down all liquor shops in the state after five persons lost their lives in drunken brawls on the day of the reopening of TASMAC shops.

Ramadoss said in a tweet on Wednesday that tw

New Delhi,  Ace sprinter Dutee Chand said on Wednesday that she was well on track to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games because of her world ranking, currently 42nd.

"My world ranking is 42 which is within the stipulated number of 56 sprinters eligible to compete in the women's

Halle (Germany),  World No.2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia suffered a major blow to his Wimbledon preparations as world No. 45 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany beat him 7-6(6), 6-3 in the opening round of Noventi Open, a grass-court tournament, on Tuesday.

This was the 31-year-old Struff's biggest career vi

Budapest,  Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo inflicted a $4-billion loss on soft drink major Coca-Cola with his gesture of putting aside two bottles of carbonated drinks and picking water instead during a press conference ahead of Portugal's match against Hungary.

The Portuguese star footballer, who plays

Chennai,  With India's Tech Mahindra and global chess governing body FIDE announcing Global Chess League (GCL), the chances of top Indian chess players signing up brand endorsement deals have brightened, said players and talent managers.

Marketers also agree with the talent managers that top chess pl

Paris,  The Indian women recurve archers, including Olympian Deepika Kumari, are geared up to seal a team quota place at an Olympic qualification tournament starting here on Thursday.

"We have completed our 10-day quarantine at Vichy Sports Complex on Tuesday. Our Covid-19 report is negative and we

Dubai,  Ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday moved up one spot, to fourth, in the ICC Test batting rankings while New Zealand captain Kane Williamson lost his top spot to Australian Steve Smith.

With 891 points, former Australia skipper Smith is the wor

London,   Kiki Bertens, former world No.4 and the Netherlands's highest-ranked player in WTA history, said on Wednesday that this year would be her final competitive tennis season.

The 29-year-old Kiki, who had reached the French Open semi-final in 2016 and the Wimbledon quarter-final in 2018, h

Mumbai,  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to social media on Wednesday evening to mourn the demise of veteran theatre and film actress Swatilekha Sengupta.

"Saddened at the passing of actor and theatre personality Swatilekha Sengupta. She graced the stage for decades and left her mark

Mumbai,   "Bigg Boss 14" star and actress Jasmin Bhasin says the fame that the show brought her hasn't affected her in real life.

"If I start worrying about fame and burden myself with responsibilities and expectations, I'll lose myself. I've always been straightforward, I